March 11, 2025 | Uncategorized |
Postdoctoral Scholar Position
Topic: Individual, biological, sociocultural, and environmental correlates of perinatal mental health/substance use and child development
Duration: 1 year with strong possibility of renewal
Start date: Spring/Summer 2025 or negotiable
Salary: CAD $60,000/yr + benefits
The Developmental Neuroimaging Lab (PI: Dr. Catherine Lebel, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary) and the PEANUTs Lab (PI: Dr. Charlie Rioux, Assistant Professor in Human & Health Sciences at Texas Tech University) are accepting applications for a postdoctoral scholar. The position is based at the University of Calgary in Canada.
The successful candidate will produce scientific papers in the areas of developmental psychopathology/ psychiatry/psychology/public health. The postdoctoral scholar will work on a funded project to examine trajectories of substance use during pregnancy and postpartum, and their associations with child development (socioemotional, communication, motor, and/or problem solving). This project will use data from the Pregnancy during the Pandemic (PdP) study, which followed >10 000 pregnant individuals across Canada during pregnancy and continues to follow the children born to these individuals, measuring their development through surveys, biosamples, and neuroimaging. The postdoctoral scholar will also have the opportunity to develop and lead research projects using PdP and/or other datasets (e.g., Experiences of Pregnancy) and to contribute to other ongoing projects in Dr. Rioux’s and/or Dr Lebel’s labs, based on their interests and career goals.
Selection criteria:
- PhD in psychology, psychiatry, psychoeducation, public health, medical sciences, statistics, or other relevant discipline;
- Academic excellence as demonstrated in grades (GPA above 3.7/4.3 or 3.5/4; or equivalent);
- Publications, communications, and research experience;
- Methodological skills and experience in using large data sets and/or longitudinal data sets;
- Capacity to estimate statistical models using repeated assessments over multiple years;
- Previous experience analyzing data with software such as SPSS, SAS, R, Mplus, Stata, HLM, etc. (experience with SPSS, Mplus, and/or R will be particularly favoured);
- Demonstrated capacity to work effectively in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment
Applicants should submit a letter of interest, CV, graduate transcript, and names and contact information for at least two referees to charlie.rioux@ttu.edu and clebel@ucalgary.ca. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
The PDS will be affiliated with the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI). ACHRI brings together over 300 interdisciplinary scientists to find new ways of understanding and treating maternal and child behavioural, emotional, cognitive, and physical health.
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